Identity: The Key to Protecting Sensitive Data No Matter Where it Resides

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Today’s adversaries know that one of the best ways to hit a business where it hurts is at the foundation – which in our digital age unequivocally means data. Mitigating the risk of modern data breaches requires special handling. If crucial data is not protected, an organisation ’s reputation and line of business are put in jeopardy, especially when it comes to priceless data like financials and personally identifiable information (PII).

How can Australian companies protect sensitive data no matter where it resides?

Protecting sensitive business data can’t be achieved through physical means alone. Smart organisations leverage well-known processes and tools such as identity and data access governance solutions to help manage who has access to the critical information stored in structured applications like mainframes and databases.

An integrated approach in three steps

Organisations can keep structured or unstructured data safe across all applications and file storage systems by taking an integrated approach to governing access. There are three steps to this integrated approach:

• Track and secure sensitive data. In addition to the obvious applications and databases that store sensitive data, businesses must identify sensitive, unstructured data stored both within the data centre and in the cloud. Because of the sheer amount of unstructured data, the only realistic way to find and keep track of it is to leverage an automated solution to scan all systems and move sensitive data to secure storage environments.

Looks like really useful info, eh? Just click the link https://securitybrief.com.au/story/identity-key-protecting-sensitive-data-no-matter-where-it-resides/ to find out more from the horse’s mouth! If you’d like to share perspectives or discuss how it relates to your business, call me on Australia (0403) 403-341, US (540) 209-7815 or email me at [email protected].

Thanks,

Patrick